Final Touch of Jazz

Najponk, the pianist who has been focusing his whole career on masterful performance of classical jazz repertoire, has invited legendary bassist George Mraz and British drummer Matt Fishwick to join him on his new trio album. The collection of exceptional performances of more or less known pieces from Najponkďs songbook of his favorite standards, also contains works by Thelonious Monk and Ron Carter as well as one of Najponkďs own compositions.

Pianista Najponk, koncentrujici celou svou karieru na mistrovske zvladnuti klasickeho jazzoveho repertoaru, pozval na sve nove triove album legendarniho kontrabasistu Georga Mraze a britskeho bubenika Matta Fishwicka. Instrumentalne mimoradne zvladnuta kolekce nahravek zahrnuje vice i mene zname skladby z Najponkova zpevniku standardniho repertoaru, vcetne del Thelonia Monka a Rona Cartera, jakoz i jednu vlastni Najponkovu skladbu. (Animal Music 2015)

Final Touch of Jazz Najponk / George Mraz / Matt Fishwick

1. Hackensack (take 1) (Thelonious Monk)
2. Minority (Gigi Gryce)
3. Comin’ Home Baby (Ben Tucker)
4. Third Plane (Ron Carter)
5. Sam Sack (Milt Jackson)
6. For All We Know (trio version) (J. Fred Coots))
7. After You’ve Gone (Turner Layton)
8. Kelly Blue (Wynton C. Kelly)
9. For All We Know (piano version) (J. Fred Coots)
10. For All Swingin’ Cats / Don’t Forget Lester Young (Najponk)
11. Hackensack (take 2) (Thelonious Monk)

Najponk – piano George Mraz – bass Matt Fishwick – drums